Days are long and months are short they say. It has been a life changing 9 months plus for hub and I, and erm, tui.
We look forward and got super excited when we see the lil bear grows or achieve a new mile stone. Be it growing a new tooth or shitting a solid put instead of his infant watery poop.
Some days we are really tired AF. Legit. Esp when he gets very cranky when we are super tired. But we are thankful that apart from those days , hes really considered as a easy going baby.
Tuitui has been very patient to baby. When he comes back from walk he will walk over to the play pen to say hi to baby and lie beside the fence. Or when baby comes back he will greet n sniff his feet at the pram. Bedtime he will choose to sleep beside his cot on the floor instead of his own bed. Cant ask for more for such a understanding companion.
And nope i didnt let them freestyle mingle together without supervision because (for the safety of tui), baby still tends to grab whatever is in his hand. Its damn pain i swear, got once he was so fast i couldnt stop him in time and tui growled a lil in pain. (not aggression. Just telling us its painful). Aiden loves tui alot. Everytime he sees tui walking over it makes him very happy and excited. And i really hope he can grow up to care and love for more animals.
So much has changed from the first few months and i couldnt complain cos life gets better each day (for now). There are times where he tit tit tio skin infection : thigh lah, broken skin around his asshole and kkb infection. It takes alottttt of patience and effort to clean with cool boiled water/ medicated solution, fan dry, apply moisturizer, medicine and diaper cream each time we change his diaper. Jincha. This one confirm is love from parents. Ahbo dunno where to find this motivation and discipline.
So whenever i feel damn tired or sian i will remind myself tt:
1) Nth beats the agony of breast feeding like that time
2) be appreciative of the 6 7 hours sleep vs 1.5 to 2 hours sleep back then
3) thou baby sleeps lesser now, he can interact and smile at us more
4) no need to hold his bottle for him lol
5) he can stay by himself in the playpen to play
6) no need to carry him and break my back while bathing him. Can just put in tub while he plays with the water
7) meal times are more fun with solid food
8) shit are easier to clear now that its ji liap ji liap
9) sometimes he helps to hold the leash when we baby wear him for walks with tui
10) hes healthy and happy.
Tomorrow marks his 10th month in the world and we are going to Aussie perth in 2 months time! Hurray! Collected his passport 2 days ago and i cant wait for this vacation. Thou there are no real off days as a mummy/daddy but i guess that might be what we needed after a whole year of firefighting.
Ok ciaos and have a great day peeps!
